As many cult followers of the Game of Thrones television show know, each and every single detail is important. Hairstyles, costumes, even split-second facial expressions can reveal a lot about a character. Image via The Female Gaze Michele Clapton, six-time Emmy Award winning costume designer, is the woman behind many of the iconic costumes on Game Of Thrones. Everything from Cersei’s blood red dresses in season 3 to Daenerys’s pointed grey dress in season 7 was all crafted by Clapton. Images via Watchers on the Wall and Pinterest In an interview with Elle magazine, Clapton said …
After trying to expand their reach into the young adult reader market, DC Entertainment has recruited four popular YA novelists, including Throne of Glass author Sarah J. Maas, to write books surrounding their superhero characters. Leigh Bardugo kicked off the new series with her novel, Wonder Woman: Warbringer. Image Via Amazon Maas, who is working on Catwoman: Soul Stealer, will embrace the narrative of Good vs. Evil in a coming-of-age setting. The story surrounds Selina Kyle a.k.a. Catwoman who must protect Gotham City from the evil team of Luke Fox, Poison Ivy, and Harley Quinn while Batman is …
A new film from IFC brings the story of Mary Shelley, author of famed Frankenstein, to life with a feminist twist. Mary Shelley, played by Elle Fanning, famously wrote Frankenstein as a dare at a party, with the idea behind the novel coming to her in a dream. Image Via Variety The film follows Mary Shelley through her late teens during which time she meets and falls in love with poet Percy Shelley, and charts the events which led her to write the pivotal gothic novel. The film, which debuted at the Tribeca Film Festival, will be the …
Books and archival prints, a librarian held hostage, and an attempt to sell the stolen goods in the New York auction world. The theatrical plot of the very real Transylvania University book heist in 2004 has premiered in film form at Sundance and is now headed towards local theaters. Gif via Hyperallergic American Animals follows four college-aged men who hatch a plan to steal a first edition of Charles Darwin’s On The Origin of Species along with sketches by John James Audubon from their university library. Along with these two notable thefts, they also stole an illuminated manuscript …
During an interview with the New York Times in which James Comey was asked what books readers would be surprised to find on his shelf, he responded with “The Fault in Our Stars, by John Green.” Via Gify The YA author is known for the bestsellers The Fault In Our Stars and his newest novel, Turtles All The Way Down. Twitter was *shook* when they found out that Comey reads Green’s books, but John Green was the most surprised of them all. Via Gify He tweeted a photo of the article, an arrow pointing to …
